GutiVerse
Ludo লুডু
Toss the dice into your yard and race four tokens home. Knock rivals back to base, sixes roll again. Quick mode and 2 v 2 teams.
Nine games, one courtyard
Courtyard classics, in glorious 3D
Every board, piece and the village uthan around them is modelled in 3D. Pieces hop, dice tumble, snakes slither and the crowd cheers.
Sholo Guti ষোল গুটি
Sixteen pieces each on the 37-point board. Step along the lines, jump to capture, chain jumps for a combo.
Baro Guti বারো গুটি
The quick cousin: twelve pieces each on a 25-point board. Same jumps, faster battles.
Bagh Bandi বাঘবন্দি
Two tigers against twenty goats. Tigers hunt by jumping; goats win by trapping both tigers. Sides swap on rematch.
Shap Ludu সাপ লুডু
Climb bamboo ladders, slide down painted 3D snakes. Three boards and optional surprise squares.
Carrom ক্যারাম
Slingshot aiming, real physics, pocket your coins and cover the red queen. 1 v 1 or 2 v 2, Classic or Points.
Char Kori চার কড়ি
Toss four cowrie shells and race your pieces round the board to the centre. Fours and eights throw again.
Kata Kuti কাটাকুটি
Noughts and crosses with chalk-board charm: 3×3, 5×5 or 7×7, for up to four players.
Chess দাবা
Full chess with Staunton pieces on a rosewood board, three bot levels and a move-by-move tutor hint.
Play together
Your friends, your way
Same rules everywhere: the host checks every move, so every phone sees exactly the same game.
This phone
Pass the phone around, or play bots at Easy, Medium or Hard. Hints and undo included.
Wi‑Fi room
Same Wi‑Fi or a hotspot, no internet needed. Nearby rooms appear by themselves.
Online room
Invite friends anywhere with a room code. Drop out? Rejoin and get your seat back.
Chat & emotes
Text, emoji and quick phrases like “Darun!” and “Abar khelbo?”. Mute or report in one tap.
Cheer Squad
Bring your own fans
Pick a cheerleader to stand by your side of the table. They clap when you capture, dance when you win and droop when a snake gets you.
Heritage
Games from our uthan
These games were played on courtyard floors, on chalk boards and on carrom tables at the tea stall. Here is a little of their story.
Ludo লুডু
Ludo is the modern, simplified form of India's ancient Pachisi, patented in England in 1896, and today the most played board game in Bangladeshi homes and phones.
Sholo Guti ষোল গুটি
A Bengal classic of the alquerque family, also known as Mogal-Pathan: a 5×5 lined grid with a triangle at each end. The Bangla Academy description treats captures as optional; GutiVerse lets you choose.
Baro Guti বারো গুটি
The smaller 5×5 board without triangles, played with twelve pieces a side, is widely remembered across rural Bangladesh.
Bagh Bandi বাঘবন্দি
In the Bengal game the goats start in four stacks of five and a tiger that jumps a stack takes only the top goat, unlike Nepal's Bagh-Chal. The Bagh-Chal style is available as an option.
Shap Ludu সাপ লুডু
Snakes and ladders descends from the Indian game Moksha Patam, where ladders were virtues and snakes were vices. In Bangladesh it is simply Shap Ludu, loved by every age.
Carrom ক্যারাম
Carrom boards fill tea stalls, clubs and verandas across Bangladesh. Local rules differ; GutiVerse uses the common queen-cover and striker-foul rules.
Char Kori চার কড়ি
Cowrie-shell race games such as Chowka Bhara and Ashta-Kashte were played across South Asia. 'Char kori' means four cowries; our rules follow those games, adapted for the phone.
Kata Kuti কাটাকুটি
Every Bangladeshi school notebook has a kata kuti grid in its back pages. We added bigger boards and four-player games.
Chess দাবা
Daba has deep roots in the subcontinent, from chaturanga to today's busy Bangladeshi chess clubs and grandmasters.
Traditional rules differ between regions and families. Where sources disagree we say so in the game and offer options. Know a local rule we should add? Tell us.
Questions
Good to know
Is GutiVerse free?
Yes. Every game, bot and room is free to play. There are no ads in this version.
Can I play without internet?
Yes. Play against bots or pass the phone to friends with no connection at all. Wi‑Fi rooms work on the same Wi‑Fi or a phone hotspot, also without internet.
How do I play with friends far away?
Create an online room, tap Invite and share the code on WhatsApp, Messenger or SMS. Friends type the code in Join online and take a seat. Empty seats can be filled with bots.
Is the chat safe?
Chat has a word filter and a flood limit, and you can mute or report anyone by tapping their message. Players must be 13 or older to use online chat.
Which phones are supported?
Android phones and tablets running Android 7.1 or newer. It is designed for portrait, one-handed play.
Are these the real traditional rules?
We follow documented rules where they exist and label modern twists as options. Rules vary from village to village, so many games let you pick the version you grew up with.